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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 7, 1899)
THE COURIEtr. ill t DEATH UNTO HFE. I uw Life coming toward me. Then the rmird With smite supernal. "Men, looking after, uidt But It "Lo, Life eternall" R. R. Bowkcr, in October Century. nook, not much mote than a cozy corner, which opened off a landing, built out on some leads. She noticed that her husband waa seated, writing, at a little brown and sold escritoire he "Lo, Death!" kept there, a "genuine Riesener," one of those spurious antiques whteh are now found in every wdlfurnshed house. Ho was writing so eagerly that he did not oven observe her approach as she swept along the boavy stair-carpet And'by the bend of his shoulders, the fling of his lege, the fierce scratch of his nen serosa thft nnnnr. arm nnulrl ann "No, ho doesn't love me any longer!" that he was greatly excited, unusually B8LlLad?rJ1ry'. , . , eo-although always, certes, George The old Couotoes looked up with a Tresling must be staled a nervous man. troubled smile on her beautiful face. Sho was cloao basido him when ho look- 'You are Bure of that?"' said the ed up with a cry. CoUDteee. "Hnn.-I hnavnna hnm vnn atn-tlarl ,!' WVw. wWvuwf mw r J WW DjM WUVS USD LADY MARY'S MISTAKE. HYMAAUTKN MAARTENS. " Quite sure, molher.'' ho said, and ho hold his band acroin the "My dear, when a woman hesitates, paper before him.bendlng forward as if 6ho always says sho is sure. You have been married two years; between the first year and the third the happiest couples doubt each other's constancy. All women think at times that their husbands no longer lovo them; many occasionally believe it; many " "Know," said Lady Mary. "And are mistaken." The daughter rose. "You were al ways an optimist, dearrBt," she said, with affectionate impatience. "You think every one is hb good as yourself." 'But, of course, child, it you are sure you are sure; ,there is no more to be aid." Lady Mary bent over the back of her mother's chair and kissed the tall whito forehead. ' 'There is no more to be said," she answered. "I am sure because I am sure. I couldn't give you any reasons. I onlj. know that I feel it to be so, George is courteous and con siderate as ever he is kindness itself. But bo doesn't care for me, mother, as he used to do." "Of course not," interrupted the Counters. "He could live without me. He can afraid that any ono should, see what he was writing. "Startled you? Why? I' have just come in from my mother's. I had tea thore." "Naturally. You are always at your mother's almost. I just want to finish " "Almost!" she repeated, laughing. ''It's a good thing you added that what is it? adjective? adverb? It saves you from exaggeration. Wby, you know perfectly well that I never go to my mother's unless I am left in the house alone."' She laughed, again, re solved to show a brave front. "Well, it's a good thing you've got a mother to go to. It saves you from feeling lonely when I'm away." Was that a reproach of her cbildlesenesp, or a regret. "There's nothing more whole some in a family than mothers, except when they develop themselves as mother in laws. Aren't you going up to drees for dinner? I just want to finish " "George," she said, lingeringly, as it thinking many thoughts in that one word, "Ob, there's plenty of time. I I just wanted to eay: of courae I be perfectly happy without me, and so didn't mean what I Baid this morning, I told him only this morning." "Of course he can. My dear, you are exacting. Did you expect to have a husband who couldn't live without you if required?" "It he required. There's the differ ence, mother. I hardly aver see him. I don't. kDow where he spends his even- about your being just as happy away from me. Only totnetimes" her voice trembled "I feel as if you didn't care for me as you used to once. But you do don't you, George?'.' , He started up, with an excited crash, from his persistent stoop' over the writing-table, as if breaking away from ings. But, hush, I am not going to a tension grown insupportable. "I will complain oit my husband; only I didn't give you my answer to that question want you to think me altogether a goose. Now I must run away. It wants only an hour till dinner." Lady Rothwell drew her daughter's hand toward her, and held it in her own. "Dearest," she said, "only don't exaggerate! Remember, you didn't marry an angel. Lovers have nothing presently," he cried, with assumed lightness, "and I'll try to make it as satisfactory as possible. We. haven't time just now. Why, Mary, d'you know sometimes I think you are rather hard to satisfy!" He had thrown to the little lid of the escritoire, whose two halves closed up and down with a in common with angels, except wings.-' lock in the middle of them, and, turn Lady Mary reflected on these words Jog the key, be ran 'upstairs to his of her mother's, in the brougham, as she drove back to Bryanston square. Her marriage with Sir George Treellng, two years ago, bad been a love-match, dressing-room. Lady Miry remained standing for a minute or two, in self reproachful thought. Yes, it was true, as her It seemod bo unexceptionable in every, mother had declared, she was exigeante. way, it really ueed hardly' have' been A man cannot spend his' life in maudlin one, but, as it happened, it was. George display of affection. It was positively Tresling, jounp, good-looking, well off silly of her to dislike his calling hrr and fairly idle, bad made a desirable "Mary." Did she call him ' Georgie" suitor and a satisfactory husband, now, as she had done, once or twice, in OynicB might opine that he had spoiled the early spring of their love-making? hiB wife. That is to say, ho never yet Why, he hardly liked it even then, hid givon nor occasion for tears. True, nobody called him "Georgia" Which is saving a eood deal, consider ing that sbe loved him. "I couldn't give mother the facts," mused Lady Mary. "And really, when lorn) to think of it, there aren't any facta to. give. All the ' same, I feel it. and all his own people bad always callod her "May." Yet no, Bhe had no positive grievance against him. He still brought or sent her flowers. He went to his club a great deal. Of courae especially, of evenings. Ot courae For the last six months things have men go to clubs, somehow been very different. I couldn't,, As she turned to leave the little alcove, ay to mother: 'Here la proof. It's six apology in every attitude, her eye fell months since he left off calling me on a scrap of paper sticking out from May." the silt at the back ot the escritoire, Arriving at the house, she . hastened wtitre the lid closed up. Papers were upataits to her dressing-room? 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